SCORE JOURNAL
27
INTERVIEW
SEAN KLEINSCHUSTER
TENSOR
TIRES
THE NEW KID
TAKING NAMES
STORY BY STUART BOURDON
PHOTOS: COURTESY TENSOR TIRES
T
ensor Tires may not be a household name yet, but is a brand off-road racers
and enthusiasts have come to recognize. An extension of Custom Wheel
House and its Method Race Wheels line, Tensor Tires benefits from the parent
company's extensive off-road racing experience. The brand has flourished
from the astonishing growth in popularity of UTVs and the improvements in engine
and suspension performance from these
vehicles. Increased UTV sales over the
last 10 years made the company think it
was time for an all-new tire specifically
designed for these powerful new cars.
Sean Kleinschuster, Director of
Engineering At Tensor tires, gave some
insight into the initial need for a UTV
specific tire. "When we first looked
around at what the OEMs were offering
on their UTVs, we found they were
essentially using tires out of their parts
bins. They had been building quads,
so those were the kind of tires they
already had sitting on their shelves," said
Kleinschuster. "We saw the opportunity
to design a tire that matched the new
level of performance UTV we saw more
people buying and modifying."